Consultancy for the Design of a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (IDE) in Venezuela and the Implementation of its Pilot Version in a Specific State of the Country

• Country: USA
• Summary: Consultancy for the Design of a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (IDE) in Venezuela and the Implementation of its Pilot Version in a Specific State of the Country
• UST Ref No: 51629893
• Deadline: 01 Apr 2021
• Financier: INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
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• Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy for the Design of a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (IDE) in Venezuela and the Implementation of its Pilot Version in a Specific State of the Country. BRAZIL Consultancy for the design of a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (IDE) in Venezuela and the implementation of its pilot version in a specific state of the country Support for the Territorial Development of Venezuela REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTING SERVICES Selection # as assigned by e-Tool: VE-T1052-P001 Selection Method: Full Competitive Selection Country: Venezuela Sector: Climate Change and Sustainable Development / Housing and Urban Development Division Funding - TC #: ATN/OC-16199-VE Project #: VE-T1052 TC name: Support for the Territorial Development of Venezuela Description of Services: Consultancy to design a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (SDI) in Venezuela and implement its pilot version in a specific state of the country. https://www.iadb.org/es/project/VE-T1052 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is executing the above mentioned operation. For this operation, the IDB intends to contract consulting services described in this Request for Expressions of Interest. Expressions of interest must be delivered using the IDB Portal for Bank Executed Operations ( http://beoprocurement.iadb.org/home) by April 1st, 2021, 5:00 P.M. (Washington D.C. Time). The consulting services (“the Services”) include the design of a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (SDI) in Venezuela and the implementation of its pilot version to test the SDI in a specific state of the country. The consultancy will be performed during the second and third quarter of 2021. Eligible consulting firms will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the Inter-American Development Bank: Policy for the Selection and Contracting of Consulting firms for Bank-executed Operational Work - GN-2765-1. All eligible consulting firms, as defined in the Policy may express an interest. If the Consulting Firm is presented in a Consortium, it will designate one of them as a representative, and the latter will be responsible for the communications, the registration in the portal and for submitting the corresponding documents. The IDB now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the services described below in the draft summary of the intended Terms of Reference for the assignment. Interested consulting firms must provide information establishing that they are qualified to perform the Services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Eligible consulting firms may associate in a form of a Joint Venture or a sub-consultancy agreement to enhance their qualifications. Such association or Joint Venture shall appoint one of the firms as the representative. Interested eligible consulting firms may obtain further information during office hours, 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Washington D.C. Time) by sending an email to Patricio Zambrano (pzambrano@IADB.ORG) with copy to Antonio Vasquez (hectorva@iadb.org) and Alessandra Richter (alessandrar@iadb.org). Inter-American Development Bank Division: Housing and Urban Development Attn: Patricio Zambrano, Project Team Leader 1300 New York Ave, NW, Washington DC 20577, USA Tel: +1 202 623-3053 E-mail: pzambrano@iadb.org Web site: www.iadb.org Draft Summary of Terms of Reference Consultancy to design a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (SDI) in Venezuela and to implement its pilot version in a specific state of the country To face the multidimensional crisis of Venezuela, the Government of Venezuela is advancing in a development plan, Plan País (PP), which aims to identify solutions to the most priority aspects. The Plan País includes investments proposals in basic services and infrastructure in various sectors, including water, energy, transportation, sanitation, health, education, telecommunications, among others. The IDB Housing and Urban Development Division (HUD) approved the technical cooperation project “Support for the Territorial Development of Venezuela” (VE-T1052). Its main objective is to support the Government of Venezuela in formulating a territorial development strategy to facilitate prioritization and policy-making processes that allow them to address the serious economic and social crisis that the nation is going through. The TC will finance the development of tools that support the formulation of a territorial strategy for the Plan Pais, including the development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (SDI); gathering georeferenced data and geospatial studies; and the institutional and regulatory framework analysis associated with decentralization and territorial policy. In this context, this consultancy aims to design a Spatial Data Infrastructure System (SDI) for Venezuela, and to implement its pilot version to test the SDI in a specific state of the country. The System should provide the georeferenced information required to support the prioritization and policy formulation processes in the urban development and territorial planning sector. The consultancy work will be organized in three phases: (i) development of a secondary research (benchmarking) that compares SDI experiences from other Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries to identify the most relevant models for Venezuela; (ii) carry out a comprehensive diagnosis of the availability of data (inputs) for the effective operation of an SDI, including an assessment of its governance and availability; and (iii) the implementation of the SDI pilot version in a specific state of the country, that will be selected later by the IDB, the PP and the consultancy firm. The selected consultancy firm will conduct the following activities, among others, related to each phase: A. Secondary research (benchmarking): • Review of relevant SDI-s examples, mainly in the LAC region. • Evaluate the relevance of the examples for the Venezuelan case, considering the variety and quality of functions and the implementation feasibility in a ‘data scarcity- context. • Conduct a participatory selection of relevant examples with the IDB and the PP. • Identify a set of indicators or territorial variables applicable for the SDI in Venezuela. B. Data and institutional diagnosis: • Based on the selected SDI models in phase A, evaluate the quality and reliability of previously identified geographic data to verify its eligibility. Identify and analyze the existence of other geospatial / cartographic information systems in Venezuela. • Based on data gaps, identify new sources of information that need to be collected, placing special emphasis on open dynamic databases (such as OpenStreetMap, or Population Density Maps, etc.) and on alternative methods or proxy for data collection2 . • Based on the analysis of technological solutions in the international market, develop a diagnosis that will allow the proposal of technological options for the SDI in Venezuela. • Identify the key actors relevant for the SDI implementation, including the PP, private sector, academia, civil society, among others. 2 All data to be integrated must be open, that is, published in its original source under licenses that allow free access and reuse. C. Pilot project implementation: • Implement the SDI pilot version using the stack of suitable technologies (identified during benchmarking) that integrates the available geographic data (identified during the diagnosis). The pilot should allow the development of a strategic territorial analysis of the selected state. The use of Open Source tools that do not require the payment of user licenses (such as GeoServer, Geonode, etc) is preferred. • Based on the pilot implementation, elaborate preliminary recommendations for a long-term SDI implementation. El trabajo de la consultoría resultará en un reporte que consolide los resultados y análisis de la fase de investigación secundaria (benchmarking), detallando la recopilación de ejemplos relevantes de IDEs a nivel internacional; un reporte que presente los resultados del diagnóstico de datos e institucionalidad; y el IDE instalado en su versión piloto en el estado seleccionado. Se espera que el proyecto se realice en un tiempo estimado de 6 meses. The consultancy work will result in a report that consolidate the results and analysis of the secondary research (benchmarking) phase, a report that presents the results of the data and institutional diagnosis, and the pilot version of the SDI installed and accessible online. The work is estimated to be conducted in a period of 6 months. *The full version of the Terms of Reference will be provided at the Request for Proposal stage [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.]
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